

000 

WGUS52 KGSP 151219

FFWGSP

SCC045-151515-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC

820 AM EDT TUE OCT 15 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  GREENVILLE COUNTY IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA



* UNTIL 1115 AM EDT



* AT 806 AM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY 

RAIN MOVING ACROSS GREENVILLE COUNTY.



* RAINFALL IN EXCESS OF ONE AND A HALF INCHES HAS FALLEN ACROSS 

PORTIONS OF GREENVILLE COUNTY THIS MORNING. RIVER AND STREAM LEVELS 

ARE RISING...AND ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL RUNOFF SATURATED 

GROUND...CAUSING RIVER LEVELS TO RISE FURTHER. THE REEDY RIVER IN 

GREENVILLE WAS NEAR 7.15 FEET...AND FLOOD STAGE IS 8.00 FEET...AND 

THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO GO ABOVE FLOOD STAGE SHORTLY.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT. PEOPLE NEAR 

RIVERS AND STREAMS SHOULD MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. MOTORISTS SHOULD 

NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED ROADS.



$$

07

